!!! Cost of Living Comparison Australia Vs Canada !!!

[mute_man]

Wonderful Post!! +1!!

 

[srid_a]

On $100K income, the (federal + state) taxes you pay are:

BC - $27,288
ON - $27,583
Alberta - $29,593

With some standard tax deductions that are allowed, you may actually pay less.
Thanks Saki for posting this.

 

[tanus]

I had Australian experience as well. I never faced Discrimination incident while my stay. What I found in Australia, The sunlight is very sharp and it affects your skin if you expose too much. To get a job in Australia is much easy then Canada. If you have a job, you can buy anything what you want.
hard to live when you don't have job such as Canada..............
planning to go back to Australia......

 

[Harriet Hamhocker]

Australia Canada Difference
Restaurants
Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant $10-00 12.90 $ -27.08 %
Meal for 2, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course $55-0073.33 $ 54.29 $ -25.97 %
Combo Meal at McDonalds or Similar $ 8.05 7.75 $ -3.69 %
Domestic Beer (0375 mils bulk buy $1-80 4.92 $ -18.23 %
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) $3-00$ 5.70 $ -20.50 %
Cappuccino (regular) $3-80 $ 3.40 $ -12.96 %
Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) Pepsi $2-00 1.76 $ -42.79 %
Water (0.33 liter bottle) ??????? 1.58 $ -38.41 %

Markets
Milk (regular), 1 liter 1.61 $ 1.99 $ +23.89 %
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 2.79 $ 2.45 $ -12.11 %
Eggs (12) 4.13 $ 2.95 $ -28.64 %
Fresh Cheese (1kg) 10.11 $ 9.83 $ -2.70 %
Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1kg) 11.04 $ 10.72$ -2.96 %
Apples (1kg) 3.93 $ 2.77 $ -29.64 %
Oranges (1kg) 3.31 $ 3.02 $ -8.78 %
Potato (1kg) 2.60 $ 1.66 $ -36.14 %
Lettuce (1 head) 2.42 $ 1.53 $ -36.66 %
Water (1.5 liter bottle) 2.51 $ 2.18 $ -13.26 %
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) 14.82 $ 14.87 $ +0.34 %
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) 4.14 $ 2.95 $ -28.75 %
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) 4.54 $ 3.48 $ -23.34 %
Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro) 16.28 $ 10.61 $ -34.82 %

Transportation
One-way Ticket (local transport) 3.88 $ 2.71 $ -30.16 %
Monthly Pass 98.96 $ 85.31 $ -13.80 %
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) 3.93 $ 3.68 $ -6.17 %
Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff) 2.08 $ 1.95 $ -6.29 %
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) 48.56 $ 31.17 $ -35.82 %
Gasoline (1 liter) 1.44 $ 1.25 $ -13.14 %
VolkswagenGolf1.4 Trendline(Or Equivalent NewCar) 28,944.06 $ 22,480.52 $ -22.33 %

Utilities (Monthly)
Basic (Electricity, Gas, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment 192.51 $ 190.52 $ -1.03 %
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) 0.67 $ 0.34 $ -48.59 %
Internet (6 Mbps, Flat Rate, Cable/ADSL) 51.61 $ 42.82 $ -17.04 %

Sports And Leisure
Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult 73.36 $ 49.37 $ -32.70 %
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) 18.00 $ 17.98 $ -0.11 %
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat 16.35 $ 11.84 $ -27.61 %

Clothing And Shoes
1 Pair of Levis 501 (Or Equivalent) 99.76 $ 56.99 $ -42.87 %
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) 64.47 $ 44.69 $ -30.68 %
1 Pair of Nike Shoes 138.55 $ 99.25 $ -28.37 %
1 Pair of Men Leather Shoes 136.16 $ 112.32 $ -17.51 %

Rent Per Month
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre 1,617.26 $ 932.50 $ -42.34 %
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre 1,218.60 $ 756.58 $ -37.91 %
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre 2,592.93 $ 1,525.16 $ -41.18 %
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre 1,789.53 $ 1,231.45 $ -31.19 %

Buy Apartment Price
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre 6,633.05 $ 3,474.53 $ -47.62 %
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre 4,564.02 $ 2,468.99 $ -45.90 %

Salaries And Financing
Median Monthly Disposable Salary (After Tax) 4,032.85 $ 3,061.78 $ -24.08 %
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentanges (%), Yearly 7.16 4.26 -40.53 %

As of March, 2012
Currency: USD

 

[Harriet Hamhocker]

I am not sure where SAKI shops, but a loaf of bread where I buy it is just one dollar, a liter of milk is $1-25 average weekly wage is above $1,200-00 ( before tax) New cars from about $12,00-00 and just go up and pick your level. Beer in a carton of 24 from about $34-00 and up. A GOOD bottle wine ten bucks! A pair of jeans ( levis no, cut similiar YES!) from $10-00 A liter of petrol about $1-30 depending on the day, a kilo of chicken breast fillets, average around $7-99, lower in some areas higher in others, a kilo of rump steak $6-99 in bulk buy. Leather shoes, hey you can pay 10 grand if you like but you can also pick them up for about $40-00 SO I am not sure what world SAKI lives in, but he pays a lot more for his stuff than I do..on racism in Australia, when one in 4 is born somewhere else, and 3 out of 4 kids have at least one parent born overseas, I think this puts things in to a perspective! Minimum allowed hourly rate for an adult over 18 is around $16-00, tax FREE threshold has just gone up to $18,000-00 per year, meaning you DO NOT have to pay income tax till you arrive at this level, gross government revenues with LESS people than Canada is around $330 BIL Canada collects about $220 Bil, on current trends the Aus economy will overtake Canada's within 5 years.